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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1913

6,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Hibernian Races and Ball at Forbes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 21

The committee of the Forbes H.A.C.B. Society is now busy making its arrangements for the annual races and ball, to be held on St. Patrick's Day and night…

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An Irishman With the Allies Campaign Pictures

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 9

History is dotted with the famous feat of war by members of the Fighting Race, and it causes no astonishment to find valiant Irishmen…

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Ball Teams for Australia. Americans to Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 8

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--The Giant's and White Sox baseball teams will begin a tour of the world in October. Australia will be among the countries visited…

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Amusements. Allen Doone at the Theatre Royal

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 29

Mr. Allen Doone will give a fortnight's season at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening next, with his charming Irish play, "Sweet County Kerry." As the stage in the…

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Dickensian Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 13

"To commemorate the 101st anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens." The celebration took the form of an entertainment, presented by the Dickens Fellowship, at the King's Hall, Phillip-street, last evening…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 4

The Time Ball at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m. Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, 3hrs. 0m. 0s. Should any error occur in the…

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Pictures of the Railway Smash Near Wentworthville Yesterday

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 3

Arrival of the relief train, to which passengers were transhipped…

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Stage Song and Show Royal Comic Opera. Reopening of the Royal. Melodrama, Vaudeville, and Pictures

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 11

Marie Silvaine, head of the packing department at Port Sunshine, will enter on the fifth week at her interesting Gaby Gliding at Her Majesty's Theatre to-morrow evening. The…

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At the Pole. Story of the Fatal Journey. Gallant Struggle. Tributes to the Dead. Last of a Brave Band. Christchurch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 9

The following is a continuance of the story of Captain Scott's march to the Pole:— On January A, 1912, Commander Evans…

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CRICKET The "Sun's" Weekly Budget. Curiosities of the Game. Trumper's Match. The Grade Competitions. Gossip About Players. Cricket Curios. [?] Waddy Caught Off His Head. Cotter's Fast Scoring. Player's Necessary Qualifications. Out Off a No-Ball

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 10

A batsman may be dismissed when a noball is bowled for hitting the ball twice, handling the ball, obstructing the field, and run out…

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West's Pictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 21
Also in The Daily Telegraph

To night and this afternoon the pictures of the late Captain scott's "Dash for the Pole" will be shown for the last time at West's Olympia and Glaciarium. "In the Springtime of Life," the new star film, is said…

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Spencer's Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 17

The Spencer management announces that at the Lyceum "Scenes in and around Melbourne," taken by the Kinemacolor process, will be thrown on the screen in their natural colors this afternoon. This is, it is stated, the…

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Rockdale Municipal Band

The St George Call · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

For the information of many who have expressed a desire to learn how the above organisation fared at the recent N.S.W. Band Association's…

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Time Ball

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

The Time Ball at the Sydney Observatory is dropped every day at 1 p.m. Sydney standard time, corresponding to Greenwich Mean Time, 8hrs. 0m. 0s, Should any error occur in the…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 17

Mr. Allen Doono and his company, having recently concluded a successful season at the Palace, will go to the Theatre Royal for a fortnight, appearing there to-night in a revival of "Sweet County Kerry." The cast…

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Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 21

At the Palace Theatre, Mr. William Anderson's company has opened their season successfully with Jo Smith's new Australian melodrama,"The Bushgirl," in which Miss Eugenie Duggan plays the name part,…

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Princess Theatre

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A good programme is now being presented by J. C. Bain's vaudeville entertainers. The [?] artists are Miss Neille Kolle (male [?] Shipp and Gaffney (comedy [?] comedians and…

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Adelphi Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 21

"The Beggar Girl's "Wedding" is drawing large audiences to the Adelphi Theatre, where the George Marlow, Ltd Company sets out to picturesque scenery the sensational situations to which the title of…

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